In a recent video - documentary regarding the ability of plants to sense the emotions of nearby lifeforms an Indian Scientist by the name of Jagadish Chandra Bose was cited as conducting experiments with plant responses: Plant research[edit] Jagadish Chandra Bose His major contribution in the field ...

Hi, Rowboat: Thanks for the graph. However, it is mislabeled. Should read: "from Jan 1880 to Jul 2016. Since Deg F= 1.8 deg C+32 , The variation in July would be (1.8 x 2)+32=35.6 degs F..... Pretty damned hot given Arizona averages 106 in the summer and 80 in the Winter. This year our summer in New...

I have recently been studying Fungi, which are neither plants nor animals. They consume both plants and animals, some decomposing them, while others enter into a symbiotic relationship with both animals and plants exchanging needed nutrients. Interestingly, various fungi are now known to act as the ...

Watched this video today. Very well done. "Plant Minds" will change your mind about plants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_k2UBbo6as A curious comparative perspective that I gleaned from this video regarding plant intelligence and survival tactics was that much of their neurological system was co...

padmini: " I do believe plants are beautiful, complex being that should not be harmed if not necessary, and I do believe modern farming is not kind to plants either, so I try to stay clear from such products. But in Western society today I think it is impossible to avoid all forms of harming. The o...

Hi, padmini: What you say is true, but humans have limited experience when it comes to consequences, because of our short life-spans, cultural, and species biases. If it is true that humans experience many lifetimes as different creatures as divulged in The Jataka Tales, something difficult to verif...

padmini: "Definitely the plant. I wouldn't even dream about killing the animal, disembowing it and eating it. I think most people would have my same reaction. So I think this image tells a lot about the difference between animals and plants." What you have discovered is how some cultures , perhaps ...

Watching the Olympics introductions on recordings last night and was pleased to find that Brazil was sponsoring reforestation by providing seeds and plants. That's what we need: sequestration of CO2, which is what plants do very well. We cut them down, which led us to the condition we are in, and no...

Found this regarding nibbana: http://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/18/The_Island_-_Ajahn_Amaro_and_Pasanno_update_2015.pdf Hi everyone, Some have said: "nibbana is not a place ..." But in Ud 8.1 nibbana is said to be "that sphere" (tadaayatanam). right but there is also something the ...

Thanks, Ron. Weird things happen in the outer reaches of the atmosphere and I have to admit that I've never tried very hard to understand them. :namaste: Kim Hi, Kim. Thanks for your candor. In the previous post, which prompted your response I added a YouTube tutorial regarding drawing the Lewis St...